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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

animouS, Those who are familiar with
the eccent'icities of nominating con-
VentionS when in this listless and
drifting mood know how easily an op-
perfume speech from some elouuent
delegate or few adroitly arranged
delegation eaucuseS might have re-
yerscd this result and imagination
may not easily construct the possible
changes in the history which sue
ceSsful campaign of the ticket in that
form might have wrought What
would have been the consequences 10
America and humanity had the Re
bellion, even then being devised by
the southern hotSpurs, burst upon the
nation in the winter of 1886, with the
nations sword of commandments
in the hand of the impulsive Fremont
Lincoln, inheriting the patient warinesS
and cool blood Of three generations Of
pioneers and India-ilghters, welding
only the poworlesS gayel Of Vice
President2 But the hour of destiny
had not Vet struck
The authors publish the following in
a foot-note;
Mr.. T. S. Van Dyke, son of one of
the delegates 60 Philadelphia, kindly
writes u.s. Nothing that Mr.. Lincoln
has ever written is more characteristic
than the following note from him 60
my father just after the convention
not for publication hut merely as
private expression of his feelings 10 an
old acquaintance;
SPRINGFIELD Int, JUNE 81, 1860
Hon. JOHS VAN DYKE.
MY DEAR SIR; Allow me TO thank You for
your Kind notice OF me in the Philadelphia
convention.
when you meet Judge Dayton present my
respects and tell him think him far better
man than for the position he Ia IN, and that
l shall support both him ANA Colonel Fremont
most cordially. Present my best respects TO
Mrs. v, and believe me, Yours truly,
A. LINCOLN"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
A Wonderful Discovery.

w. NJ. Lee, the well-known fgult-
grower Of Tacoma, gives the particu-
lars of wonderful discovery of bones
Of extinct animals in Washington
territory which attract the attention of
tudents of natural history and
archaeology all over the world In a
letter to the Ledger from Spokane
Falls he says;
The face of the whole territory
shows unmistakahle evidence of great
volcanic upheavals On my trip through
Spokane county | stopped at Latah,
and in conversation with Mr.. Copleu
of that place regarding the volcanic
formation of that section he Informed
me that he had examined some large
bones Of great antiquity. Accompanied
by Mr.. Coplen | went to the spring
where the relics were dug out 1t is
located on n low strip Of springy
prairie. The excavation around the
spring is twelve or fifteen feet deep
and thirty or forty across. The bones
were covered by several distinct
layers
The first layer was ancient peat
then gravel then volcanic ashes,
then layer of coarse peat.
From this spring were taken no less
than nine elephants, of different sizes,
the remains of a cave bear, hyenas,
extinct birds, and n sea-turtlc. The
dimensions of some of the bones of the
larger mammoth were wonderful TO
look at. The horns were u sort of tusk
and protruded from the head Just be-
low the eyes, extending downward
below the jaws partially resting on the
ground, giving support to the head,
which is estimated to have weighed q
ton.
1.-The horns were worn away several
inches deep at the bottom of the turn,
or half circle, indicating constant use
by rubbing on the ground or rocks.
One Of these horns was ten feet and
one inch long, and twenty-lour
inches in circumference, II weighed
145 pounds, One of the tusks
measured twelve feet and nine inches
in length and twenty-seyen inches
around 1t weighed 295 pounds The
jaw weighed sixty-three pounds. The
molar teeth weighed eighteen pounds
each. Some of the ribs were eight
feet long. The pelvic arch was six
feet across, and an ordinary man
could walk erect through this opening.
This huge and antique monster was
eighteen feet and six inches high, and
was estimated to weigh twenty tons"
-IdcOHG Lcdgcr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Oats and Matrimony.

When the waving surface of the
green oat-iiclds begin to assume n gold
en- tino, when the swelling heads
Indian corn hang heavy on their
stalks, and the sweating peasant pre-.
pares for the last act of his hard sum.
mer labor, then also do the good wives
in the village begin to talk of matter,
which have been lying dormant till
now.
Well-informed people may have
limited before that such and such o
youth had been seen more than once
stepping in at the gate of the red or
green house in the long village street,
and more than one gossip had been
ready to identify the speckled carna-
lions adjoining the hat of some youth
full Konrad or Thomas as having been
grown in the garden Of certain An.
ma or Maria; but, after ALL these had
been but mere conjectures, for moth
ing positive could be known as yet,
and ill-natured people were apt TO
console themselves with the reflection
that St. Katharines day was long
way off, and that there's many slip
bWlAJ cup anu mp.
But now the great day which will
dispel all doubt, and put an end TO
surmise, is approaching that day
which will destroy so many illusions
and fulfil so few; for now the sun had
given the last touch to the ripened
grain and soon the golden sheayes
are lying piled together on the clean
shorn stubble-lield, only waiting to be
carted away. Then one evening when
the sun is sinking low on the horizon,
and clouds Of dust along the high
road announce the approach Of the re-
turning cattle, drum is heard in the
village street, and a voice proclaims
that "to-morroW the oats are TO be
fetched home" Like wildfre this
news has spread throughout the vii
lage; the cry is taken up and repeated
from mouth to mouth with various in
donations Of hope, curiosity, anticipa-
ton Of triumph-"To-morro the oats
viii be fetched"
A stranger, no doubt, fails to per-
cciye anything particularly thrilling
about this intelligence, having no
reason to suppose the bringing in Of
oats to be in any way more interesting
than the carting Of potatoes or wheat;
and to the majority Of landowners
the thought Of to-morrow's work is
chiefly connected with dry, prosaic
details, such as repairing the harness
and oiling the cart-wheels; but there
are others in the village on whom the
announcement has an electrifying ef-
feet, and for whom the words are sy-
nonymous with love and wedding
bells .Amoug the Transyycania Sac-
o1s, in Popular Science Monthly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
some Wise Women.

A poor clergyman died and loft
widow and two daughters One of
these daughters was an invalid and
the other became the mainstay of the
little family. Like too many girls,
she had received general but super
fetal cducation, which did not qualify
her TO teach anything, She had no
taste or skill as q milliner or dress
maker What could she DOE Acct
dentally, she heard number of house
keepers regretting the impossibilty of
having hot, fresh cakes for Sundays
breakfast. She had recipe for ma
king English mullins, which. il baked
on Saturday, can be heated the next
morning.
She called ON her friends and took
orders for these mullins. The cakes
were delicious and promptly served
Her customers increased She has
now a large establishment and cont
Portable income.
Another woman, in the Same posi-
ton, took stock of herself TO discover
what she could do
Il know, she said, that IL is the
thing which we can do better than any
body else, however trivial it may be,
which commands success. had but
one little craft; ] could dress hair and
understood its management set out
upon n tour through the inland towns
and villages Of the middle states, adj
yertising that Mrs P would teach
ladies TO dress their hair becomingly,
and to care for it on scientific prin-
ciplos,
In these small towns coifrures are
unknown | was the first TO enter q
now field, and roaped a rich harvest
Since then / have visited and found
business in n great many of the larger
towns Of the United States"
Another woman, a haif-staryed
dressmaker in a great city where there
were hundreds of drcssmakers, over
heard q gentleman in a street-car say
there was no place in the city where q
man could have his socks and under
wear mended Sho touk q room near
a college and opened mendng shop.
She, too, was the one person in the
possession Of new business, and Of
course she succeeded - Youths COM
paRi0n.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

"Will You trust me for a cents
worth of gum?' asked the small boy,
the top of whose head was on A level
with the counter. "Why, YES. IN
trust you. You look like an honest
boy" 80, yes, I'm honest. but you'd
better give me the cent and let me buy
some candy next door. prefer candy
to gum. Detroit Free Press.
A London paper says that the latest
patent is ga combined hustle and
chair, which must prove n very great
convenience. i" Not for counting pur-
poses, however, where one chair ac-
commodities two persons. A com
bined hustle and young man would
prove more satisfactory. She could
then sit on him, as NorriStowa
Herald.
One of the most tender-hearted men
in this country lives in an adjoining
county. For nearly two years he kept
the cremated remains of his first wife
in handsome jar on the mantelpiece.
A few days ago, during sleety weather,
he got down the jar and sprinkled the
ashes on the front steps for fear his
second wife might slip and break her
neck.-NorriStoUn Herald.
"Croquet," said yiyacious Bryn
Mawr lady the other day, FUSED to be
pleasant, graceful summer pastimc
years ago, but it is no longer in favor,
lawn tennis having largely superseded
it. A preposterous innovation killed
it. When the enthusiastic players
discovered that the way to win the
game was to prevent your opponents
from winning, the game was changed
into as disagreeable form of amuse-
ment as was ever devised 1t ceased
to be a scientific play"-PhiIadelphia
! Call
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Curious Things in Cuba.

A Havana letter TO the JcWelers
! J0ur9dI contains the following: do
you know that for fact Havana has
no window-glass, no fire places, no
stoves, no chimneyS, no carpets, and,
just to think Of it, no boarding-houses,
it also has, as a rule, no sidewalks and
no sewers. In the old city proper
! il has some sewers and no side
walks. In the new part it has some
sidewalks and no sewers. The side
walks are not properly so called, for in
most cases they are narrow stone
lodges, twelve to eighteen inches wide,
and intended principally TO hlop the
wagon hubs away from the walls and
windows.
These windows are huge openings,
extending down the entire front of the
one story houses. They are guarded
on the outside in every case by massive
iron bars, and on the inside by heavy
wooden shutters, which in turn have
wickets in them and peep holes. When
you have seen one of these windows
YOU have seen them all The door of
the house is big enough TO let stage
through it, and in it is IL small door
for persons on foot, tits at the barred
window that the caballero wOos the
senorita, who sits within beside her
duenna-for not until after marriage
can they ever be alone together for Il
moment. A young Cuban, whose ac-
quaintance we made and who is soon
to be married, told me his experience
the now lives in the United Statcs)
and excused himself saying that he
was going to see his inamorata
A friend for a joke said ''Well kiss
her for me-
That is something / have never
been able to do for myself" though we
have been sweethcarts for six years
and engaged for three, and have never
seen her alone vet.
Think Of that, young men and maid
ems of free America, and thank your
stars that YOU were born where the
eagle screams and iron gratings and
duennas are unknown, and where
Cupid walks abroad unhampercd, clad
only in a bow and quiyorand innocence,
and where the signing lover, instead
of hanging on the outside of iron bars,
with doukeys crowding him and cart
hubs raspiug his back, is hidden to
come in and shut the door, John.
must tell you in this connection Of
good thing said by our Cuban friend,
in which he knocked out fresh
young man from Chicago, Said the
latter: I'VE don't have to put our
American women behind bars oprotcct
them.
Yes, / know it." said the Cuban,
'but the Cuban women are very
beautiful
1t was the crushing reply Of gem
tleman 10 an impertinencc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
Nearly Fremont and Lincoln -

There are very few who remember
that the Republican ticket in 1856 came
near being Fremont and Lincoln We
quote from the Century Life: How
ever picturcsquely Fremont for the
moment doomed up rs the standard
bearer Of the Republican party,
future historical interest centers
upon the second act Of the Phiia'
delphia convention. II shows as
how strangely 10 human wisdom
y,5rate the delicately balanced scales
Of fate; on rather how inscrutabc and
yet how unerring are the far-reachlng
process OF Divine Providence. The
principal candidate having been
selected without contention Of delay,
the convention proceeded % nomina-
ton for Yicc-President On the first
informal ballot William /. Dayton Of
New Jersey received 25J votes and
Abraham Lincoln of Illinois no.
the remaining votes being scattered
among thirteen other names The
dominating thought Of the con.
vention being the assertion 81
principle and not the promotion q
men, there was no further contests and
though hsr Dayton bad not received.
majority support his nomination
was nevertheless at once made un'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
A Comparison Favorable to America.

The amount annually spent by the
European countries to keep up their
armies and nayies is Gl81, l20, 900
The amount spent by America is about
98,000000. Adding therefore, the
cost for war debts and for ornaments
together, it viii be seen that Europe
pays 1894, 760, 900, and America G18,-
600, 900 per annum. How possibly can
Europe hope to hold her own against
her transatlantic rival when she hand
leaps herself, in the struggle for COM
mercial supremacy, with the stipend
GUS charge of 9376000,00 per annum?
As if this were not enough, is each
year increasing her burden, while
America is each year reducing hers
London TRUTH
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
The Cross-Eyed Clerk.

During the late Christmas holidays
large firm in----employcd as an as
sistant clork young man who was cN-
coedingly cross-eyed.
The especial duty assigned TO him
was to act as Waterman, and
prevent the peculaton Of all sorts Of
small fancy articles that were lying
about the counters for exhibition at
that time.
One day half-gown boy came into
the store, and after looking around,
pricing first one thing and another,
among which were some very nice
socks, he finally started to so out OF
the door.
At this moment the new clerk
touched him on the shoulder and IN
viting him to come to the back part Of
the store, said TO him, politely "Obhge
me by giving me Mt once the socks that
You have in your back pocket.
How do you know | have any
socks in my back pocket?' demanded
the boy, in bold tone
II saw you put them there, " said the
clerk, very gently.
The boy looked up into the young
mans face IN utter amazemcnt. care
YOU looking al me nowY he asked,
earnestly "Do you SEQ me tbs very
minulc2 he asked still more earnestly.
"Of course / do, replied the clerk
Good Lord mister. cried the boy,
with u blanching faces "here'5 y0H
Sacks And with q bound he was ont
the back door, over the fence, and
away, having learned a lesson con
corning all-seeing eyes which 1t is to
be hoped he may never forget. L2tey
UllderWo0d HcCana, IN Harpcrs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

coat and hat-faints away To the club
and not until nearly noon does he
succeed in reSuscitating himself ON a
deviled oyster and in rallying sufi-
GENTLY to hold a hand at whist.
This is no fancy picture. 1t is typ
zeal of the lives of hardship and
drudgery and self-denial led by doz.
ems of devoted men in this proud ma
tons service. How, O! how can one
think of the feasting and reyelry at
the paper hunt, while such scenes are
being enacted at ones very elbow?
-lFdSEiagion Letter Ia the NelU YORK.
Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23
JeaIously Guarded Trade seerels.

One has = chaucc % study q good
marty quaint trades in this land Of
..the Fair God though the real sc-
rret, Of their art. are iealou-ly guarded
by the AleNicans. having been handed
down through successive generations
from Indian ancestors who prmiieea
tlpm ceuturie. before the coming 0i
C0ptez Among the most curious Is
The pdttery-making. III which the ma
4iys fhroWer>, or inolders by mere
twist IF the haud 2 turn of the wrist
or twid of the fingers form the
yie+diag ella, ipte the oldest shapes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

The latest improvement IN New York
apartment houses is an arrangement
which enables the tenants to mmi
letter. without leaving their rooms A
sluce If ina every room, The missivc-
are dropped III, and as fast as they ac-
cnmulate they are deposited in post
Office box. II is further proposed e.
regulate IN the clocks in the house By
electricity, change calender in each
suite every morning and show INC a.
re.tiou Jf the wind by means Of a dldl.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

SENATOR'S stamford relates that he
earned his first money when six years
old by sending to marketa lot Of horse
radish which grew in his fathers gar
den. His second venture, which he
declares was the most successful
speculation Of his life, was selling five
busheisfOf chestnuts, which he and his
brothers bad gathered for family use,
for $25.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

Charles Reade in his memoirs saws
of Ellen Terry: Ellen Terry is an
enigma. Her eyes are pale. her nose
rather long, her mouth nothing par.
ticular, complexion delicate brick
dust her hair rather like tow. Yet.
somehow. she : beautiful He. tx
preston kills any pretty face you see
beside her. Her figure is lean and
bonv, her hand masculine in size and
form. Yet She Is 2 pattern Of fawn-
ike grace Whetbel in moycment or
IN repose, grace peryades the hussv
Ia character impalsive. intelligent.
weak, hysterical sho..t, al that IS
abominable and charming III woman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

Mr.. Laboucbere now and then slips
in HIS foxes and illusions Recently
wishing tocall Mr. Gosehea 4 shElock,
he said that be believed ST. Goschen
ancestors came from Venice ard that
Mr.. Goschen was q lineal descendant
Of the famous merchant who once
lived there
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-06-23

Coaching is no longer the proper
thing i'll England
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-17

able aspect of the Lake Shore
Nickel Plate matter created a heavy
demand for stocks aud the market began to
advance Immediately and showed a bouyant
tone throughout the forenoon. In
the afternoon prices sagged some
what but toward 2 p. N. the advance was re-
sumed and the market closed active and
strong at the highest prices OF the day. Sales
West Point furnished 149, 401, Reading 90, RS,
St. Paul 2s300 and Consolidated Gas 2O61l.
The net result of the days business is that
almost everything on the active list shows an
advance and Richmond & West Point is up
AZ the preferred as, Delaware s. Hudson and
Pacific Mail each IL, Union Pacific
] per cent. The sales for the week were l.
S099S4 shares, against ,849. III for last week
Railroad bonds were active and firm through
out the day. closing generally higher. The
Nickel Plate issues were the feature of the
market, being extremely active ana decidedly
stronger. The trust receipts contributed
S606, 900 out of a total days business of So
10S,0 ZOO, and are II per cent. higher at sec
after sales at 97c. The firsts gained 414c at
97c, and the seconds 614c at SS4c. The sec
onds 214c to s1.U34. The total sales of bonds
for the week were Sl1 81 ZOO, against SIS $685.
600 the previous week. The total sales of
stocks to-day were 434, S42 shares including:
Del. Lack. s. W. Is, $50 Reading. 20, 77s
Erie. 120 st. Paul. IS 800
Lake Shore ... IA, $50 st. Paul s. g. 900
Louisvillet& NJ. S,S20iT.& P. as mt pd) 1880
Manhattan Con-. $3.50 Union Pacific 81 700
Northwestern. AGO Western Union. 9,176
Peoria, ID. & E. f. 460
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-17
MIME aP0i.IS.
Chamber OF Commerce.

There was fair inquiry for wheat, and
offerings on the sample tables were moderate
and sellers had but little trouble in diSpOSing
of ever thing containing fair proportion of
hard wheat at the prices of the day before.
Millers are not active buyers, leaving shipp. rs
to take most of the wheat, as it Is claimed
there is no money in grinding at the present
state of the -four market. No. l hard was
firm for cash but weaker for futures. Clos
ing quotations were F9c for cash or January.
794c February and S43sc May. No. l North
ern was quoted at TSc for cash and January,
T8Ac February and S33sc May. No. North
ern ruled nominal at roc for cash and Janu-
airy. 7614c February and S0asc May.
NoTE-ln sales OF wheat by sample, grade
has little if any effect in making prices, that
being determined by quality ana percentage
Of hard in each parcel.
Sales included: $1,000 bu No. hard. to ar
rive, 1899; 5000 bu No. hard, May, S434c;
$4,000 blu No. lard, May, sac; 10000 bn
No. 1 hard, January, T9c; 5000 bu No.
Northern. May, S215c. Car lots by sample:
Two cars No. ! hard, o. t., TS54c; Is cars No.
l hard, O. t., rec; cars No. l hard, o. t.,
7914c; cars No. hard, to arrive, roc; / car
No. hard, in store, 7Sc; cars No. i hard, f.
o. b., 7919c; cars No. hard, o. t., 791%c; go
cars No. / Northern, o. t., 1Sc; cars No. l
Northern, O. t., 7S1ac; 3 cars No. Northern,
to arrive, TIC; cars No. Northern, to ar
rive, 7Sc; l car No. 2, Northern o. t., re;
cars No. Northern, o. t., 76c; car No. 2
Northern, o. t., 1S4c; cars rejected.
o. t., T3c; l car no grade, o. t., 75c;
car sample, 0. t., 6+c. Flour
Patents, sacks TO local dealers. s4.40@4.5O;
patents, for shipment. sacks, car lot, S4.35@
445; in barrels, 81. 5004 60; delivered at New
England points, S5.30@5.40; New York
points, So .2505. 80: delivered at Philadelphia
and Baltimore, S5.20@5.30; bakers, $500
$40; superfine. Sl.5092.25; Red Dog, sack,
Sl.25@I.40: Rcd Dog, bbls. $1.559l.75; rye
flour, 100 lbs. S1.75@2; buckwheat, Dbl, $3.50
m6
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-17
LOCAL MAR * ETS.
81. Paul.


With the exception of wheat, all quotations
nearly on the board were weaker or lower.
Wheat was quite firm. with an advance OF re,
and there was a good deal of bidding. though
only moderate sales. The No. l hard and No.
l Northern varieties were in good request.
Still. with all the bidding, but little changed
hands. Millers and some outside bidders
picked up Il few lots such as suited them.
The market, after all, was rather dull. Corn
was steady. oats lower, barley steady, rye
stronger Other articles in the list unchanged,
except eggs, which declined lie. The call:
Wheat-No. l hard, II 20 bid; No. l North
ern, 1879 bid; No. 2 Northern, 75c bid.
Corn-No. =, SIC asked; January. BIC asked;
May, 42c asked.
Oats-No. mixed, 27o BID; January. 27c
bid, csc asked; May, 31c bid SIC asked; No.
2 white, csc bid; No. white, &c bid.
Barey-No. 2, 4Sc bid.
Rye-No. 9, acc bid.
Ground Feed-No. l, SIS asked; No. 2,
S14.50 asked.
Bran-S9.7 70 bid, Sl0.25 asked.
Hay-No. l, 81 bid, 81 so asked; No. 2, 81
asked; timothy. $3.50 bid, $40. so asked.
Timothy Seed-$1.6 IS bid, S1.75 asked.
Clover Seed-S41 10 bid.
Potatoes-60c asked.
Eggs-25c bid, 27c asked.
Saes-1 car May oats, No. 2 Mixed O. t.,
32c